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Ouattara to Ask ICC to Probe Ivory Coast Massacres

(Euronews: 0811 PST, April 13, 2011) Ivory Coast's main city is trying to get back to normal but 10 days of fierce fighting for control of Abidjan have left deep scars. The winner in the power struggle - internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara - said his priority is to restore security and basic services.

 

 

Dramatic Video of Gbagbo Arrest as Troops Storm Ivory Coast Residence

(Russia Today: 0329 PST, April 13, 2011) Video has emerged showing the moment pro-Ouattara forces captured Ivory Coast's strongman Laurent Gbagbo and his wife at the presidential residence in Abidjan. The footage shows fighters loyal to internationally recognised president Alassane Ouattara storming the presidential palace and seizing Gbagbo and his wife. Gbagbo was arrested on Monday and taken to Ouattara's Abidjan headquarters at the Golf Hotel. The UN said on Tuesday that he had been moved but would not say where to.

 

 

 
 

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Misurata: No Food, No Water, Just Snipers

(Euronews: 1226 PST, April 5, 2011) The situation in Misurata -- the rebels' last major stronghold in western Libya -- is increasingly catastrophic as the latest amateur video footage shows. Evacuees from the city said forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" there.

 

A resident of the besieged city, a spokesman for the Libya Freedom Group, talked to Euronews and described conditions: "The water has been cut off for about two weeks and the electricity is cut off for about three days and the food is running low for the people right now.

 

 

 
 

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Deadly Crackdown in Yemen

(Al Jazeera English: 0730 PST, March 18, 2011) Yemeni security forces have opened fire at a protest in the capital Sanaa, killing at least 30 people. It is the highest death toll in a single day after weeks of demonstrations calling for Ali Abdullah Saleh, the Yemeni president, to stand down.

 

Witnesses say armed men opened fire from nearby buildings as protesters gathered in Sanaa's University Square after Friday prayers. Al Jazeera's Alan Fisher reports.

 

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200 Dead in Libya As Protests Spread

(Associated Press: 1000 PST, February 20, 2011) Libyan forces fired machine-guns at mourners marching in a funeral for anti-government protesters in Benghazi. The crackdown is shaping up to be the most brutal repression of protests that began with uprisings in Tunisia and Egypt.

 

Meanwhile, police thwarted a protest rally in neighboring Algeria, demonstrations have taken place in Morocco, and anti-government protests continue in Bahrain and Yemen

 

 

 
 

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